Presidency
Presidential Winning Streaks in Minnesota and Virginia
Meet the only two states that have backed both Republican and Democratic presidential nominees in at least 10 consecutive cycles since statehood (though in different eras).
Read MorePresidents’ Day Special: It’s A Good Time to Be An Ex-President
The nation has had four living ex-presidents for the last six-plus years for just the second time in history; the current gap of eight-plus years in presidential deaths is the ninth longest on record.
Read MoreWhich States Are Likely to Split Their Presidential-US Senate Vote in 2016?
States have split their ballot only 29 percent of the time in presidential and U.S. Senate elections over the last century; 6% in NC, 11% in WI and 16% in IL (key 2016 battlegrounds).
Read MoreCould Scott Walker Become Wisconsin’s Strongest Presidential Candidate in History?
No Wisconsin presidential candidate has won more than two primaries or more than 41 delegates at a major party’s national convention.
Read MoreLindsey Graham and a Brief History of South Carolina Presidential Candidates
On more than a dozen attempts, South Carolinian presidential candidates have withdrawn before their party’s convention, failed to win their party’s nomination, or fallen short in the Electoral College vote.
Read MoreWhich 16 States Have Never Been on Michelle Obama’s SOTU Guest List?
More than 135 guests have appeared with the First Lady since the president’s first SOTU speech in 2010, but none from 16 states.
Read MoreMitt Romney’s Rocky Historical Pathway to the Presidency
Only a handful of failed presidential nominees ran again and won the presidency – all in their second bid.
Read MoreDid Jeb Bush Wait Too Long to Run for President?
It has been 150+ years since the last time there was a 14-year gap between a presidential candidate’s last legislative or executive office electoral victory and a successful White House campaign.
Read MoreAshton Carter Would Become 7th Defense Secretary Without Military Service
Three in 10 defense secretaries never served in the uniformed military including five of the last 13.
Read MoreIs There a Presidential Drag On Gubernatorial Elections?
Only five of the 20 presidents to serve since 1900 have seen their party win a majority of gubernatorial elections during their administrations, and only one since JFK.
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